From: Bruno Haible Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 11:24:59 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Don't talk about a "font" when the charset is meant. X-Git-Tag: v0.14.2~243 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=46c1d418eb4d47a80675d171979dc6cb517f8c97;p=thirdparty%2Fgettext.git Don't talk about a "font" when the charset is meant. --- diff --git a/gettext-tools/doc/ChangeLog b/gettext-tools/doc/ChangeLog index a36427377..2a3405746 100644 --- a/gettext-tools/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gettext-tools/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2004-09-02 Bruno Haible + + * gettext.texi (Aspects): Tweak language: ISO-8859-1 is not a font. + Reported by Vera Mickael . + 2004-08-30 Bruno Haible * gettext.texi (Plural forms): Czech is now like Slovak. diff --git a/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi b/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi index 185b68c5e..24165e3f0 100644 --- a/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi +++ b/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi @@ -685,8 +685,8 @@ speaking parts of the world is the ASCII codeset. However, there are many characters needed by various locales that are not found within this codeset. The 8-bit @w{ISO 8859-1} code set has most of the special characters needed to handle the major European languages. However, in -many cases, the @w{ISO 8859-1} font is not adequate: it doesn't even -handle the major European currency. Hence each locale +many cases, choosing @w{ISO 8859-1} is nevertheless not adequate: it +doesn't even handle the major European currency. Hence each locale will need to specify which codeset they need to use and will need to have the appropriate character handling routines to cope with the codeset.